Walter E. Locke August 15, 1887-November 05, 1974 Hope, Ark. --- Walter Echols Locke, 83, died Nov 5 in a local hospital after a brief illness. He was a retired Civil Engineer and was City Engineer at Magnolia (Arkansas) from 1952-1960. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Birdie Ray Locke, Hope, Ark; two sons, Richard Locke of Houston, Texas and W. Echols Locke, Jr., of Shreveport, La.' and a daughter, Mrs. Dale Wood (Carolyn Irene) of Magnolia; ten grandchildren and one great grandchild. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday in Herndon Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Gerald W. Trussell officiating. Burial will be in Rose Hill Cemetery under the direction of Herndon Funeral Home. The family requests that all memorials be given to the Arkansas Heart Memorial Fund in care of Citizens National Bank, Attention: Mrs. Floyd Leverett, Chm.